…at comprehensive schools, an analysis has found. Access to prestigious jobs has barely improved in a generation, with the proportion of privately educated professionals changing only marginally since the 1980s,…
Supporting STEM
…helping children develop appropriate skills. Yet according to a recent CBI report, over half of businesses predict a shortfall in experienced STEM-skilled staff in the future. Students from disadvantaged backgrounds…
Zoe Brennan: Why state schools should stream their pupils
Dr Lee Elliott Major was quoted by Zoe Brennan in a Daily Telegraph article on setting and streaming This was to be the first step towards a glittering future, so…
Are state schools actually providing a better education than private schools?
…eligible singles – neither of which I will be troubling in the near future. But then, over lunch last week, a friend proudly boasted she had finally made a Tatler…
Extrovert character traits shaped by background
Sally Weale reported for the Guardian on A Winning Personality People with character traits thought of as extrovert tend to come from wealthier backgrounds than their less extrovert peers as…
I’m at state school but next year I’ll be at Harvard
…amount come from low and middle income homes. Now 43 students, sponsored by the Sutton Trust, have been accepted into a total of 28 institutions, four at Harvard, four at…